by Philip Rafferty | Jan 1, 2019 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Philosophy
The late Alan Watts is an important figure in the intellectual and spiritual development of twentieth century American thought. Watt is best known as an interpreter and practitioner of Zen Buddhism during a time where this practice was not very accessible to westerns....
by Norman West | Feb 15, 2018 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Philosophy, Science & Technology, Social Science
Any technology can be problematic if it’s not used correctly. Whether it’s automobiles, guns, or the internet, careless or uninformed use can have serious consequences beyond those intended. Social media is one of those with results ranging from just being a major...
by Norman West | Jan 30, 2018 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Philosophy, Religion, Social Science
10,000 religions. Can they all be wrong? Can any be right? Well, certain members of all of them believe they are. The result is a world pushed this way and that. Separation and conflict ensues. James T. Houk is a professor of anthropology at Our lady of the Lake...
by Sarah Hutchins | Nov 20, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Philosophy, Psychology, Religion
Whether someone seeks psychology or spirituality to solve anything from their everyday worries to their existential troubles, Alan Watts asserts in Psychotherapy East & West that the guru or therapist’s only available methodology is trickery because the solutions...
by Sarah Hutchins | Aug 29, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Books About Books, Philosophy
Light glimmers in the shadows. The New Testament, Augustine, Boethius, Beowulf, The Letters of Abelard and Heloise, The Song of Roland, epic adventures of knights written by Chrétien de Troyes, Saint Francis of Assisi, Saint Thomas Aquinas, Dante’s Divine Comedy,...
by Michael Barton | Jun 16, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Books About Books, History, Philosophy, Science & Technology, Social Science
Having previously written a book about literature and the Civil War, wherein he briefly mentions Charles Darwin in a section about abolitionism, Randall Fuller provides in his new book a fuller account of the influence of Darwin’s On the Origin of Species and its...
